英文摘要
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This paper examines Hanshantang Qupu by the Suzhou playwright Zhang Dafu of early Qing to trace the development and changes in the Kunqu music of that period and area. Comparisons are made between traditional composition styles and new styles of notation. Zhang's compositional style is so original that his work can be seen as independent from Jiang Xiaojiu's system of gongpu popular then. Secondly, about sixty percent of Zhang's handling of illustrative notations differs from pervious treatment. Replacing old tunes with new and increasing variations indicate the growth of the number of tunes; exchange of the norm and the variant as well as different ways of grouping tune titles and gongdiao suggests real evolution taking place in qu. A lot of times, various combinations go into the changes that result in more complicated qu form, sometimes beyond recognition. All this means that by early Qing. there were more, and more complex, factors that go into the stylistic changes, which indicate a development that puts greater emphasis on performance-acting and singing. It is a significant phenomenon in the history of Kunqu theater.
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